While trying to complete the 24x36 summer stream I’ve been working on for 6 months now, I’ve recently started a couple new autumn scenes. Inland scenes with forest complexities are very time consuming for me, but I hope to have a few complete before Thanksgiving. I'm now working on a 24x36 view of an autumn stream, and two views of an autumn forest (30x30, and 18x36). I'd like to complete at least one of these before I'm distracted by other ideas.
I enjoy the change of seasons. It always brings fresh ideas and inspiration to paint. During the spring and summer, I am driven to paint the sea in its many moods and the emerald greens of forests and streams. But with the change of weather, my focus changes dramatically. It seems that the cultivated aspects of summer scenes retreat before the return of wilderness. Nature appears to take over as the leaves turn and the cool fresh breezes of winter arrive. All of our efforts to tame nature seem for naught. We cannot stem the tide of seasonal change and I’m grateful for it! I’m enjoying this autumn and look forward to december’s snows with great excitement and expectation.
I enjoy the change of seasons. It always brings fresh ideas and inspiration to paint. During the spring and summer, I am driven to paint the sea in its many moods and the emerald greens of forests and streams. But with the change of weather, my focus changes dramatically. It seems that the cultivated aspects of summer scenes retreat before the return of wilderness. Nature appears to take over as the leaves turn and the cool fresh breezes of winter arrive. All of our efforts to tame nature seem for naught. We cannot stem the tide of seasonal change and I’m grateful for it! I’m enjoying this autumn and look forward to december’s snows with great excitement and expectation.
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